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Author: Andy Oliver

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Colossive Cartographies #43-48 – The Popular Colossive Press Graphic Narrative Series Returns with Another Six Zines

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 6, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Just ready for the South London Comic and Zine Fair, Colossive Press have completed another wave of their popular Colossive Cartographies. This continuing zine series uses the tactile…

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“It Constantly Boils Both My Blood and My Piss, Causing Steam to Jet Out of My Ears” – Fraser Geesin and Chums Talk Ikea Comics, the Patriarchy, and the Battered Helmet of Gary Lactus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Ahead of his appearance at this month’s South London Comic and Zine Fair we caught up with UK small press comics national treasure Fraser Geesin to talk about…

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Metal Saga – Rachel Tubb’s Witty Fantasy Saga with a Contemporary Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Over the last few years artist Rachel Tubb’s work has been very much on my radar through her contributions to the yearly WIP Comics anthologies. Her short comics…

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Confinement – Isabel Greenberg’s First Self-Published Work in Years Provides an Eerily Atmospheric Folk Song Adaptation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2023

SLCZF 2023! It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since we last reviewed a book by Isabel Greenberg (Glass Town, her part speculative biography/part metafictional meditation on…

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“We Wanted a Community Spirit at Its Heart” – South London Comic and Zine Fair Organisers Rebecca K. Jones, Peter Morey and Chloe Starling on SLCZF 2023

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 3, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Our South London Comic and Zine Fair fortnight off coverage begins today with an opening interview with the SLCZF team, With an expanded exhibitor base and a slew…

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Wrapping Up #BrokenFrontierPride 2023!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 30, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! After 19 reviews, two creator commentaries and a handful of other blog posts our #BrokenFrontierPride event for Pride Month 2023 comes to an end today; although our…

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The Color of Always – A Heady Mix of Styles and Approaches in A Wave Blue World’s “LGBTQIA+ Love Anthology”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! While we have covered a wide range of comics formats during our Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier we haven’t as yet put a spotlight on…

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Coming from Top Shelf Productions in August, Emilia McKenzie’s Poignant Graphic Memoir ‘But You Have Friends’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2023

One of the particular perks of being a part of a platform like Broken Frontier is getting to see work-in-progress long before it reaches publishers and eventually book shop shelves….

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Gay Giant – Gabriel Ebensperger’s Graphic Memoir is a Big, Bold, Loud and Endearingly Honest Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 28, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! While Gabriel Ebensperger’s graphic memoir Gay Giant may be focussed on growing up queer back in the 1990s there’s obviously an entire social level that makes it…

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A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings – Will Betke-Brunswick’s Graphic Memoir on Family, Love, Bereavement and Lived Genderqueer Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 27, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! Earlier this year we were privileged at Broken Frontier to run an exclusive creator commentary in our ‘Inside Look’ series on Will Betke-Brunswick’s A Pros and Cons…

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Snippets: 52 Weeks of Diary Comics – Rachael Smith Provides a “How-to” Guide to Creating Autobiographical Comic Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2023

“Reviewing” Rachael Smith’s Snippets: 52 Weeks of Diary Comics is something of a curious exercise in that effectively this is a review of a comic that doesn’t exist yet. Or,…

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Thieves – Lucie Bryon’s Reverse-Heist Queer Romcom Proves a Singular Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! As a queer teen romance Lucie Bryon’s Thieves, published by Nobrow Press and a nominee for Best Graphic Novel in last year’s Broken Frontier Awards, has already…

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The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos #1 – A Gripping First Chapter of Dark Horse’s “LGBTQ+ Horror-Hero Coming-of-Age Series”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 23, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! Reviewing serial comics is an odd exercise on many levels. You wouldn’t review the first chapter of a book in isolation, after all, so examining the first…

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Ogi’s Summer Break Vol. 1 – Koikawa Gives Us a Queer Love Story with a Twist

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! One of the more telling claims made by those who object to socially conscious themes in mainstream comics is that manga’s rise in popularity is due in…

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Our Colors – Gengoroh Tagame’s Beautifully Crafted Tale of the Intergenerational Friendship Between Two Gay Men

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 20, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! Last year’s Pride celebrations at Broken Frontier saw a long overdue spotlight from us on Gengoroh Tagame’s My Brother’s Husband, so it seems appropriate to be giving…

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Boys Run the Riot Vols. 1-4 – Keito Gaku’s Critically Acclaimed Manga Story of Fashion, Friendship and the Trans Experience Does Not Disappoint

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 16, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! Combining Japanese street fashion with a trans coming-of-age story, Boys Run the Riot is a manga slice-of-life story fully deserving of the level of acclaim it has…

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Basil and Oregano – Magic, Cookery and Love Are at the Forefront of Melissa Capriglione’s LGBTQ+ YA Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! One of the important aims of our Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier this June was to emphasise the incredible diversity of approaches to LGBTQ+ comics…

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The Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero Announce the Return of the First Graphic Novel Competition for 2023

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 15, 2023

I have my own connections to the First Graphic Novel Competition (formerly run by publisher Myriad) given that I was a judge back in 2014. In fact such is my…

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